Cryptoquark
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cryptoquark is a noun meaning (physics) A massless quark that is trapped by a superheavy particle.
Meaning
(physics) A massless quark that is trapped by a superheavy particle.
Example Sentences
One can implement the "massless quark" solution in a phenomenologically acceptable way, by using a massless quark that is always confined within superheavy particles, and is therefore effectively superheavy: a cryptoquark.
Word Forms
- cryptoquarks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hyperquark, monoquark, quasiquark, quark, quarkonium, quarg.
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